Compra, Corre, Condena

 By Bill Spirer

Condemning, Buying, and Running

Translation by Bill Spirer

 

 

Compra

                Compra

                                Compra

 

                                                Coca Cola… ¡Que refrescante!

Cómo me encanta el sabor

                                               

Qué guapa eres en estos jeans

¿Los compraste en Gap?

No te preocupes… No tienes que justificarlo.

 

                                               

¿MacDonalds?  ¿Tragamos algo aquí?

                                                Normalmente diría no pero… No tenemos mucho tiempo.

                                                Vale.

 

Condena

                Condena

                                Condena

                                               

                                                ¡No respetan las leyes!

                                                Derechos… de los humanos, los trabajadores, los chicos

                                                ¡Explotación!  ¡Desigualdad!

 

                                                Ellos merecen más

                                                Merecen mejor

 

Corre

Corre

Corre

 

Las bombas lacrimógenas están cayendo de encima

Los militares y sus caras feroces nos persiguen

¿No tenemos derecho a manifestarnos?

 

¡Qué injusticia!

Oigo decir mientras yo me alejo

 

Condena

                Condena

                                Condena

                                               

Condenamos la condena de un pueblo

Hablamos por el pueblo, con el pueblo

¡Explotación!  ¡Desigualdad! 

 

Compra

                Compra

                                Compra

 

Ahora que se han ido las tropas, la prensa y mis compañeros

Sigo comprando

                                                No quiero, yo me digo ¿qué puedo hacer?

                                               

Tengo que vestirme

                                                Tengo que beber

                                                Tengo comer

 

                                                Miro atrás cuando compro mis jeans, mi cola y mi comida

                                                ¿Alguien me está mirando?

 

Corre

Corre

Corre

 

                Alguien me vio.

                ¿Cómo voy a justificar eso?

                ¿Puedo justificar algo así?

                No hay escape

 

Condena

                Condena

                                Condena

 

                                                Yo me condeno. Yo

                                                Parece inútil

¿Lo es?

 

Quizás me sentiría mejor

Quizás haya escape

 

Compramos y nos alejamos

Condenamos y compramos

Pero seguimos corriendo, mirando atrás

 

¿Alguien me vio?

Sólo yo.

 

 

 

Buy

                Buy

                                Buy

                               

                                Coca Cola… How refreshing!

                                I just love the taste

 

                                You look great in those jeans

                                Did you buy them at the Gap?

                                No, don’t worry…

                                There is no need to justify.

 

                                McDonalds?  Wanna eat here?

                                Normally I’d say no but… We don’t have much time.

                                Cool.

 

Condemn

                Condemn

                                Condemn

 

                                                They don’t respect the laws!

                                                Rights… of humans, workers, children

                                                Exploitation!  Inequality!

 

                                                They deserve more

                                                They deserve better.

 

Run

                Run

                                Run

               

                                                Tear gas is falling from above

                                                The military with their ferocious faces are chasing us

                                                Don’t we have the right to protest?

 

                                                How unjust!

                                                I hear as I leave

 

Condemn

                Condemn

                                Condemn

 

                                                We condemn the condemnation of a people

                                                We talk for the people, with the people

 

Buy

                Buy

                                Buy

 

                                                Now that the troops, the press, and my friends have gone

                                                I continue to buy

                                                I don’t want to, I tell myself, but what can I do?

                                               

I need clothes

                                                I need to drink

                                                I need to eat

 

                                                I look behind me when I buy my jeans, my coke, and my food

                                                Is anybody watching?

 

Run

                Run

                                Run

 

                                                Someone saw me

                                                How can I justify that?

                                                Can I justify something like that?

                                               

Condemn

                Condemn

                                Condemn

 

                                                I condemn myself. 

                                                It seems useless

                                                Is it?

 

We buy and we leave

                                                We condemn and we buy

                                                                                                But we continue running, glancing behind…

 

Did someone see me?

Only myself.